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Lois R. Shea

Senior Writer and Communications Officer





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Manchester Community College building

Partnership provides free job training for people who receive SNAP benefits

The Charitable Foundation is working in conjunction with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, the Community College System of New Hampshire and the Foundation for New Hampshire Community Colleges to make free job-training available to people who receive SNAP benefits.

Group of eight people with hard hats and safety vests in front of a building construction site

Boosting community vitality

Since 1993, the nonprofit Vital Communities has been bringing people together across sectors to tackle among the most complex challenges facing the region.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (courtesy photo)

Medical-legal partnership aims to improve health outcomes for families

Dartmouth Health and New Hampshire Legal Assistance have teamed up to support family health by identifying health disparities and addressing legal needs to improve health outcomes.

Two women working the counter of Fold'd restaurant

Together We Thrive: In Our Community

Nonprofits are improving the quality of life in every corner of New Hampshire

Closeup of the 2024 Charitable Giving Guide

NH Business Review 2024 Charitable Giving Guide now available

New Hampshire Business Review's 2024 Charitable Giving Guide encourages people to support the nonprofits that make the New Hampshire community better for all.

Greater Rochester Community Health Foundation announces $250,000 in grants

The Greater Rochester Community Health Foundation made recent grants to 20 nonprofits working to improve the health and well-being of people in Strafford County.

Cody Morrison, executive director of the Monadnock Economic Development Corporation , stands in front of a mural

Bringing it Home

The Monadnock Economic Development Corporation is working to increase child care availability in the region through the “Bringing it Home” program, which is supporting in-home child care providers.

For all her fondness of international travel, Louise Tillotson loved the North Country, and it quickly became her home. Courtesy photo.

Louise Tillotson teaching Fellowship paused for 2024

Foundation staff will be working with past fellowship recipients, plus other North Country educators and nonprofit partners to align the program with the Tillotson Fund's vision and principles, and determine the structure of the fellowship going forward.

Community members dance during a celebration of Deepwali at the Concord City Wide Community Center

Community arts for all the community

The Capitol Center for the Arts is building relationships and belonging — inside and outside its walls.

Geoffrey Holt (Photo courtesy of Ed Smith/AP)

A generous act heard round the world

Geoffrey Holt left a surprise gift in his will, to benefit his adopted hometown of Hinsdale, NH. His story has been shared worldwide.

Riyah Patel tutoring a student using an iPad

‘The lifeblood of the state’

New American Scholars was founded by a teenager who wanted to help other young people thrive.

A group of people having a meeting at a table as seen through a partially opened door

An evolution

An integrated response to mental health and substance use disorders is key to promoting health and well-being — and to saving lives. As the science in the field has evolved, so has our work.